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to rest with your eyes closed, as you do at night I sleep for eight hours every night. Did you sleep well? Which word? Asleep or sleeping? You use sleeping , not asleep , before a noun: She put the sleeping child in his crib.

We use fall asleep or go to sleep to talk about starting to sleep: Laura fell asleep as soon as she got into bed. ♦ Tom read for half an hour before he went to sleep.

sleep ovei to sleep at someone else's house

sleep 2©/slip /noun

1 [ noncount ] the natural condition of rest when your eyes are closed and your mind and body are not active or conscious

didn't get any sleep last night.

[ singular ] a period of sleep

I sometimes have a short sleep in the afternoon. go to sleep

to start to sleep

I got into bed and soon went to sleep. —SYNONYM fall asleep Which word? Asleep or sleeping?

You use sleeping , not asleep , before a noun: She put the sleeping child in his crib.

We use fall asleep or go to sleep to talk about starting to sleep: Laura fell asleep as soon as she got into bed. ♦ Tom read for half an hour before he went to sleep.

sleep • ing bag

/ ' slipig Ьжд / noun [count]

a big, warm bag that you sleep in when you go camping

sleep • less / ' sliplas / adjective

without sleep I had a sleepless night.

sleep • y / slipi / adjective ( sleep . i er , sleep i est )

1 tired and ready to sleep

feel sleepy after that big meal.

quiet, with not many things happening a sleepy little town

sleet / slit / noun [ noncount ]

snow and rain together

sleeve О / sliv/ noun [ count ]

the part of a coat, dress, shirt, etc. that covers your arm a shirt with short sleeves

— Look at the picture at clothes .

sleigh / sb /

noun [ count ]

a large vehicle with pieces of metal or wood instead of wheels that you sit in to move over snow. A sleigh is usually pulled by animals.

-*Look at sled .

slen • der / ' slendar / adjective

thin, in an attractive way She has long, slender legs.

slept

form of sleep

slice Ф / slais / noun

[ count ]

a thin piece that you cut off bread, meat, or other food Would you like a slice of cake? She cut the bread into slices.

—Look at the picture at bread .

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piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the rest of it. This is a very general word and can be used with most noncount nouns: She wrote her address on a piece of paper. ♦ He cut the pizza into small pieces. ♦ a piece of fruit ♦ a piece of advice

slice a thin, flat piece of food that has been cut off a larger piece: Would you like another slice of cake? ♦ Cut the meat into thin slices. ♦ a slice of lemon/tomato ♦ cheese slices

chunk a thick, solid piece that has been cut or broken off something: There were chunks of ice floating in the lake. ♦ a great big chunk of meat ♦ a chunk of cheese/bread

lump a piece of something hard or solid, especially

one without any particular shape: This sauce has lumps

in it. ♦ a few lumps of coal ♦ a big lump of dough

slab a thick, flat piece of stone, ice, or food: a huge

slab of concrete ♦ paving slabs

slice verb ( slic es , slic ing , sliced )

Slice the onions.

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